Anchorage: Bagh Gleann nam Muc, Corryvrechan

Position: 56° 08.9’ N, 05° 44.7’ W

Distance Surveyed: 57 nm

Today by some miracle we were all very keen to get up and get going, despite the drinking of the previous night. I think the amazing weather probably had something to do with it and it turned out to be an awesome day all told. Kate hopped up the crows nest and managed to stay up there until mid afternoon when Gareth took over. We sailed back down Loch Sween and zig –zagged our way up the Sound of Jura, where we actually spotted a minke whale, which was really cool. The hydrophone was pretty much going crazy most of the day with porpoise detections, at least that’s how it felt. I think there were around 60 all told.

We anchored at Bagh Gleamn num Muc, which means the ‘Bay of the Porpoise’ in Gaelic. We certainly saw quite a few on the way down and the conditions were perfect for spotting with an almost glass sea. Unfortunately, we were greeted by a rather rude hiker. However, this was quickly forgotten as we tucked into Cormac’s chilli. We completed the washing up fairly sharpish as we all wanted to explore the island onshore. I managed to loose my camera somewhere on the hill, but very luckily Cormac found it randomly on the way down from the hill so I have found myself eternally indebted. It was an amazing location. Cormac, Gareth and Kate took some very cool ‘holding the sun’ photos and I had a very close encounter with some deer, getting within 30m. Meanwhile, Gemma and Tamara explored some cool caves and collected some bones, which I feel is starting to become expected and am intrigued as to what will be found tomorrow.

Kat

Volunteer

# posted by HWDT @ 3:15 AM